I went through a spell where I listened to a lot of audio books, but in the end they didn’t suit my style of reading. I often jump backward in novels, to check my memory or just to appreciate a plot setup that’s finally paid off, and audio books were too unremittingly linear. But I still like to hear short stories out loud, and I regularly download the Selected Shorts podcasts, which also feature celebrity readers. It’s like story hour at the library, if Holly Hunter or Joanne Woodward were your local librarian.